-t-/-ht-Please note that any Wendat form with one or two hyphens attached to it is not a word. The hyphens indicate that the form must take a prefix, a suffix, or both, in order to create a full word in Wendat. Wendat forms with hyphens cannot be used on their own. |
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| Definition |
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| Part of Speech | derivational suffix |
-t- |
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| Phonological Form | -ht- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-ht- |
-ht- |
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| Phonological Form | -ht- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-ht- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
The -t- form occurs before the habitual aspect-mood suffix, and the -ht- form occurs elsewhere. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- Chi hasehawiht !
Carry that far away!
- Hahnen’ hehawehtih ?
Where has he gone?
- hesketha’
I go back there often
- stan’ ta’tekwayehtih
I will not return from [location]
- tho ihchien’ ha’yeht hewetha’ de änen’enh
I’m going where my mother usually goes
- tho on’wahti’ eshotakhehtih
he has come back from there running, he started to flee again from that side